|Rank|Name|Nationality|Time|Notes|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Alberto García|Spain|7:43.89|CR|
||Antonio David Jiménez|Spain|7:46.49|PB|
||Jesus España|Spain|7:48.08|PB|
||John Mayock|Great Britain|7:48.08||
|5|Michael Buchleitner|Austria|7:54.39|SB|
|6|Mohammed Mourhit|Belgium|7:59.79||
|7|Sergey Ivanov|Russia|8:02.98||
|8|Mindaugas Pukštas|Lithuania|8:03.21|PB|
|9|Irba Lakhal|France|8:03.38||
|10|Joakim Johansson|Denmark|8:06.47||
|11|Harald Steindorfer|Austria|8:09.21||
|12|Ferdinando Vicari|Italy|8:17.46||
|13|Martin Steinbauer|Austria|8:22.06||
|14|Christos Papapetrou|Cyprus|8:30.59||

Question: how many runners in the 2002 european athletics indoor championships completed the men's 3000 metres event in under 8 minutes?
Answer: 6